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Linux/Ubuntu removing HDD RAID attributes - SOLVED
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Google throws up any number of guides on how to enable/configure software RAID under Linux (Ubuntu Lucid, specifically), but not a lot on ~removing~ it.
I have a HDD that was for a short while one of a pair in a s/w RAID array. I deleted all of the partitions, created new ones and formatted them, but when I plug it in (eSATA connection from an external caddy) it still shows up as an Array with unknown properties. Looking at it with GPARTED, none of the partitions have the RAID flag set, so I'm guessing the MBR still has RAID properties in it.
Does anyone know of an easy way to get rid of these without anything complex at the command line? I'm planning to take a look at the Manual pages for mdadm but tbh it scares me a bit as mdadm is so complex, and I don't want to screw up the other drive inside that PC...
I have a HDD that was for a short while one of a pair in a s/w RAID array. I deleted all of the partitions, created new ones and formatted them, but when I plug it in (eSATA connection from an external caddy) it still shows up as an Array with unknown properties. Looking at it with GPARTED, none of the partitions have the RAID flag set, so I'm guessing the MBR still has RAID properties in it.
Does anyone know of an easy way to get rid of these without anything complex at the command line? I'm planning to take a look at the Manual pages for mdadm but tbh it scares me a bit as mdadm is so complex, and I don't want to screw up the other drive inside that PC...
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There's got to be an elegant way to do it, but I used the crude and inelegant way instead - Booted from the Samsung HDD diagnostic CD and chose "delete MBR". Of course, you lose everything on the HDD...0
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